Riverhead PBA

Every year at this time, Riverhead PBA members make sure that local families in need have a Merry Christmas.

Riverhead Police Officer Kaley Castantine was honored by the Riverhead PBA for her heroic rescue efforts to save a man who had driven his car in the L.I. Sound in Riverhead in October. She was among more than a dozen Riverhead cops recognized by the PBA for their ourstanding police work last year.

Riverhead PBA members adopt local families each holiday season and surprise them with Christmas dinners and gifts.

Riverhead Town and the Riverhead Police union representing rank and file officers have reached a five-year labor deal retroactive to Jan. 1, 2016. The agreement for the first time requires police officers to contribute to the cost of their health insurance coverage.

Riverhead Police PBA is hosting a fundraiser to support Riverhead public safety dispatcher Tanya Newman’s son Dylan, 14, who was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma and is undergoing treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC.

The water temperature in the Kahuna Bay Wave Pool at Splish Splash was flirting with 42 degrees yesterday morning, but the chilly water didn’t discourage a couple hundred determined folks from plunging in.

Riverhead's finest are playing Santa today. In an annual tradition going back more than 20 years, Riverhead PBA members adopted 18 families and are providing them with complete turkey dinners with all the trimmings, plus gifts for a total of 40 kids.

Riverhead Police Officer Anthony Montalbano was honored as the PBA Cop of the Year for 2016 for his numerous actions saving lives and fighting crime.

Riverhead Police Officer Sean Mackie was honored as police officer of the year by the Riverhead Police Benevolent Association Saturday night at its annual...

Riverhead Police Officers and their children distributed turkey dinners and Christmas presents to needy families throughout the town on Tuesday.